Feeding-roller construction.



T. C. MORRIS.

FEEDING ROLLER CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1916.

1,242,020. Patented Oct. 2,1917.

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7770/1746 6. Mar/75 citizen of the United States, residing" at the" UNITED STATEs Fries;

THOMAS C. MORRIS; or ATLANTA, G EQ RG IA, AssIGN'oR 'rorE'i'ER VBEDENTBUBGH, R.

. I or vREDENBUaeH. ALABAMA. I L Y. 7

To all wiwmamayjooama'z Be. it known that'I, THoMAs C. Monms, a

city of Atlanta, countyof Fidtoii'and State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Feedlng-Roller Constructions, of which the following is a full,

clear, andexact description, such as Will en able others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make and use s'ame, reference being had to the "'accompanylngj drawings, forming a part of this speclficatlon.

This invention relates to. certain improve mentsin feed rollers for useon lumber ma chines, wherein they are employedfor the purpose of feeding lumber to savvsor cut; ters, and holding the lumber securely to the action thereof.

f The specific improvement 1 present invention is intended} primarily as a form of construction for'rollers of small diameter, wherein itis preferable to form the barrel ofthe roller integral, and integral: with its journals,"and at the. same time to permit of the ready removal and replace ment of operating portions Which are subject to Wear in'the use of the device.

In U. S. [Letters I atentlto Thbm Coleman, No 1,177,931 f Aprfla 19,16

and 1,208,294 of December 12,1916, have been disclosed various formsoffeeding roilers With interchangeable Work engaging parts, the carrier'of the Work engaging parts being made up of a number o'jf relatively movable drums axially mounted on a shaft,

and provided With coactingmeans whereby 1 the engaging elements, carriers and the shaft may be so clamped together by terminal),

- pressure means as to form a substantially unitary structure. In rollersof very small dla-meter, 1t 1s sometlmes lmpractlcal or inexpedient to form the carriers separately, or separately from the shaft, While at the same time, it is desirable that the construction be such as to permit the interchangeability of the engaging elements! In my present invention, I form a roller Which may be made rigid and strong in small diameter, and which at the same time mamas-3014:41 3 eaasiwawma. Q

permits the ready interchangeability of 'the" Work engaging parts. i 1

By reference'to the ccompanying drawings, it"vvillbe understood that.

- Figure 1 longitudinalsection through my improved roller; and

Fig; 2 is a transverse section through the same, the same 'beingtaken substantially on line 2 2- of- Fig. 1; Y i i Referring to the illl'istration more/in. a:;-- tail; it will beobserved that theroller in;

into the drum radially or non-radially. At

its extremities the drum is provided with; annular screvv threads5: Annular'claniping ringed are formed so that'theyf may be sc'rewed'o'nto'ftheends of the drum by means threads which meSlr'vvith-the.

of their screw threads 5.

{A plurality stam na madam, tempera. 1 tivelythinand of hard'metal, are provided, s'aid' blades being of' the thickness necessary to permit their fitting snugly inxthe slots 4:.

Theselblades areso mevvhat Wider than the a from any desired distance, and their extending margins may {be} suitably 1 serrated; or otherwise formed v oi'der 'tof pr'ovidej effective l n i ih el ien sl b ob ably 6 gaging the lumber upon which the rollerisj' designed ,to p rat -D end n uf inj length-of'the drum, these uses-ma be con- 6111 1 3 fr to QQ h fJ-PI. h re,

maybe a plurality of shorter blades dis posed in a slot along the length of the drum. 7

their operating edges, and the sides of the clamping rings 6 and 8 are correspondingly undercut or beveled so-as to cooperate with the said portions of the blades. As the clamping rings are movable longitudinallyover the 'outer' surface of the drum,-the

60 cludesa' substantially.cylindrical drum por-l terminal rings 6 by means of their screw threads and the intermediate ring 8 slldably along the surface of the drum,it will be seen that they will be effective, when moved toward the blades, to engage them and trans mit pressure to them. The engagement between the clamping rings and theblades will be effective in retaining the blades in their seats, and the longitudinal pressure exerted upon blades from one of the terminal rings will be effectively transmitted through such blades and through any intermediate rings and blades, to the blades and ring at the opposite extremity of the drum.

In this fashion, the blades throughout the length of'the roller maybe loosened or effectively clamped in place by operation of a clamping ring atone end of the roller.

Inasmuch as the blades are the parts subj ected to the hardest usage, because of their constant operation upon the lumber, they .bladesby simply slacking'up'one or both of the terminal rings 6, which may be done with a spanner, whereupon the defective blades may be removed and replaced. If desired, inv order tofacilitate the removal 7 of the blades, annular grooves 9 may be. formed in the surface of the drum, the same being deeper than the longitudinal slotsv 4, to permit the insertion of a suitable tool below the lower edge of the blades for the purpose of exerting the necessary leverage to pry the latter out of their seats. By utilizing the construction above. de-

scribed, Iain able tov form a feed rollerin which the working elements at any selected point along the length of the roller may be renewed easily and quickly, and at the same timethis form of construction affords great strength and rigidity for rollers of small diameter. I

I am aware that the structure is capable outer face of the drum and adapted to cooperate with the extremities of the engaging elements on both sides thereof to clamp them into the slots.

2. A feed roller-construction comprising a drum member provided with longitudinal peripherally disposed slotsand having journals extending from its extremities, a plue rality of engaging elements in the form of v comparatively thin bars seated in each of said slots and longitudinally movable there in, a clamping ring encircling the drum member and movable longitudinally on the peripheral face thereof and adapted to engage the extremities of bars in the slots on each side thereof, and means cooperating with the other extremities of such bars for the purpose described. 1

3. Afeed roller including'a substantially cylindrical drum member provided with longitudinally extending peripheral slots, engaging elements in the form of comparatively thin bars seated .in said slots and longitudinally movable therein, a terminal clamping ring having screw thread engage ment with the; curved face of the drum and adapted to engage the extremities of ad- ]acent engaglng elements, and an vintermediate clamping ring freely movable longitudinally over the slottedv portion of the drum member and adapted to cooperate with the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

o. Monnis. 

